Image of Parapholas californica (Conrad 1837)
Description:
Divers commonly find the siphons of these boring clams in shale beds. This individual has been extracted from its shale home. The boring end has a sharp, abrading sculpture.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Bivalvia (mussels)
- Euheterodonta
- Imparidentia
- Myida
- Pholadoidea
- Pholadidae
- Parapholas
- Parapholas californica
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- 2006 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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